Brimstone, fire and eyes aglow
Little Big Boy's making the whole world know his name
Raised on pillars and shining lights
Breathing smoke for the right to keep his place
Never satisfied
till they all see how big this little boy can be

Well, the water's rising
tide is coming in (tide's coming in)
Does Little Big Boy know how to swim?
In a pond filled with fish bigger than him?
Oh, Little Big Boy's (Little Big Boy)
Gonna see how little he really is

Well he clawed up cliffs till he was sick
But desperation's a tricky, fickle thing
It never really sits still
And all getting higher is gonna do
Is make you look as small as the whole world looks to you
Never satisfied
till they all see how big this little boy can be

Well, the water's rising
tide is coming in (tide's coming in)
Does Little Big Boy know how to swim?
In a pond filled with fish bigger than him?
Oh, Little Big Boy's (Little Big Boy)
Gonna see how little he really is

Well the water's lapping at your heels, boy
Do you really feel like
The world's gonna end if you're not at the top?
'Cause once you claim that throne
Once you call it all your own
The climb never, never, never stops (never, never, never)

Well, the water's rising
tide is coming in (tide's coming in)
Does Little Big Boy know how to swim?
In a pond filled with fish bigger than him?
Oh, Little Big Boy's (Little Big Boy)
Gonna see how little he really is
Oh, Little Big Boy's (Little Big Boy)
Gonna see how little he really is